Zebrafish Congenital Heart Disease Models: Opportunities and Challenges

D Yang, Z Jian, C Tang, Z Chen, Z Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are common human birth defects. Genetic mutations
potentially cause the exhibition of various pathological phenotypes associated with CHDs …

The spectrum of heart defects in the TRAF7-related multiple congenital anomalies-intellectual disability syndrome

E Pisan, C De Luca, F Brancati… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Heterozygous missense variants in TRAF7 lead to various cancers when somatic and a
multiple congenital anomalies--intellectual disability syndrome (MCA-IDS) when germline …

Normal meninges harbor oncogenic somatic mutations in meningioma-driver genes

J Boetto, I Plu, Y Ducos, A Blouin, Y Teranishi… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
While somatic driver gene mutations are considered the hallmark of cancer, oncogenic
mutations have recently been found in non-diseased proliferative tissues, such as …

The structure of TRAF7 coiled-coil trimer provides insight into its function in zebrafish embryonic development

X Song, R Hu, Y Chen, M Xiao, H Zhang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
TRAF7 serves as a crucial intracellular adaptor and E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in signal
transduction pathways, contributing to immune responses, tumor progression, and …

Reply to Pisan et al.: Pathogenicity of inherited TRAF7 mutations in congenital heart disease

K Mishra-Gorur, T Barak, LD Kaulen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We are in receipt of Pisan et al.'s letter (1). Our manuscript (2) reported the association of p.
Val142Met, p. Val442Met, and c. 1998+ 2T> G TRAF7 variants with congenital heart disease …

The Chlamydia trachomatis Inc Tri1 interacts with TRAF7 to displace native TRAF7 interacting partners

CM Herrera, E McMahon, DL Swaney… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the
USA and of preventable blindness worldwide. This obligate intracellular pathogen replicates …

Expression of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT) Candidate Genes EDA2R, PCDH9, and TRAF7 in Normal Human Kidney …

J Kelam, N Kelam, N Filipović, L Komić, A Racetin… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Approximately half of the cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood are caused by
congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). Specific genes were …

[HTML][HTML] Polycystins recruit cargo to distinct ciliary extracellular vesicle subtypes

IA Nikonorova, KC Jacobs, J Saul, JD Walsh, J Wang… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Therapeutic use of tiny extracellular vesicles (EVs) requires understanding cargo loading
mechanisms. Here, we used a modular proximity label approach to identify EV cargo …